To: april15Bendovr
Before we change any of the drug laws, we need to secure our border. The war on terrorism may very well fail just like the war on drugs is currently failing. The problem is at the borders and they aren't secure. I'm for decriminalizing personal use of marijuana. Jail time for dealing or growing marijuana. Give licenses to some farmers to grow the stuff and tax the hell out of it. Make the age of use to be 21. We should make the age of use for tobacco cigarettes to be 20. Cops should fine kids with cigarettes when they're underage.
Just think of the disinformation put out by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger at congress when they were voting on the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind." "Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes." Now do you really believe that marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind? The truth is marijuana was banned because you have this huge bureaucracy which has its funding cut because prohibition just ended. You also have lobbyists from the timber industry who don't want to compete with hemp for making paper. Marijuana should have never had been banned as a result of so much disinformation. This was all done contrary to what the American Medical Administration said at the time.
To: bahblahbah
Why jail time for growing? Even during prohibition people were allowed to make a small amount of wine and beer for home use. If individuals were allowed to grow a couple of marijuana plants for their own use there wouldn't be any smuggling in of it. I personally use no intoxicants. That's my choice,not the government's.
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